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doddy13 said:It beats me though, why?
Can't we just ask the IOC nicely again to add events.
Hooptie said:And the Omnium? What's more painful (from a spectator perspective) than sitting through a series of flying 200's and two IP's?
pmsc111 said:Do female rider numbers dictate that there should be parity? Or is that deemed irrelevant.
doddy13 said:So the Individual pursuit is being axed from the olympics because of the IOC's equality rules.
Also going is: points, Scratch and Madison.
So we're left with Sprint, Keirin, Omnium, Team Pursuit and Team Sprint.
Very sprinters biased right?
pmsc111 said:The London Olympic velodrome has been budgeted at 105 million pounds! Why would you want to reduce events?
Cosette said:.............If I recall correctly, they previously cut the Kilometer in favour of MTB... Though MTB might deserve a place on the Olympic program, I don't see why they cut a track number... They're not that related.....................
180mmCrank said: